Dirham - al-Mansur Madinat al-Salam

Dirham - al-Mansur (Madinat al-Salam) - obverseDirham - al-Mansur (Madinat al-Salam) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Abbasid Caliphate
Caliph Al-Mansur (أبو جعفر المنصور) (754-775)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 154-155 (771-772)
Calendar Islamic (Hijri)
Value AR Dirham (0.7)
Currency Dinar (750-1517)
Composition Silver
Weight 2.83 g
Diameter 25 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
295445

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
ا اله الا
الله وحده
لا شرك له
¨
بسم الله ضرب هذا الدرهم بمدينة السلام سنة خمس و خمسين و مئة

Translation:
There is no diety except |
(the one) God alone |
He has no equal

In The Name of God. This dirham was struck in Madinat al-Salam in the year five and fifty and one hundred (155)

Reverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
محمد
رسول
الله
بخ بخ

محمد رسول الله ارسله بالهدى و دين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون

Translation:
Muhammad
The Messanger
Of God
(Bakh Bakh)

Muhammad is the messenger of God. He sent him with guidance and the true religion to reveal it to all religions even if the polytheists abhor

Mint

Madinat al-Salam, modern-day Baghdad, Iraq

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
154 (771)  60%
155 (772)  60%

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